Zulu

See also: zulu, zulú, and zulù

Translingual

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzuːluː]
Audio (Canada) (file)

Symbol

Zulu

The letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

English

Etymology

From Zulu umZulu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzuːluː/
Audio (Canada) (file)

Adjective

Zulu (not comparable)

Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.

Translations

pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language

Catalan: zulu (ca)
Dutch: Zoeloe (nl)
Faroese: sulu n
French: zoulou (fr)
Galician: zulú (gl)
German: Zulu-, zulu-, zuluisch
Greek: Ζουλού (el) (Zouloú)

Italian: zulù (it)
Polish: Zulus
Portuguese: zulu (pt)
Russian: зулу́сский (ru) (zulússkij)
Spanish: zulú (es)
Swahili: Kizulu
Turkish: Zuluca (tr)

Noun

Zulu (plural Zulu or Zulus)

An individual member of the Zulu people.
The letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet
A designation for time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
- Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.

Translations

member of the Zulu people

Afrikaans: Zoeloe (af)
Catalan: zulu (ca)
Dutch: Zoeloe (nl) m
Finnish: zulu (fi)
French: Zoulou (fr) m, Zouloue (fr) f
Galician: zulú (gl)
German: Zulu (de) m, f

Greek: Ζουλού (el) (Zouloú)
Italian: zulù (it) m, f
Manx: Sooloo m
Portuguese: zulu (pt)
Russian: зулу́с (ru) m (zulús)
Swahili: Mzulu
Zulu: umZulu class 1/6

the letter "Z" in ICAO spelling alphabet

Estonian: Zürich (et)
Finnish: tseta (fi)

Italian: Zara
Polish: zulu (pl)

Zulu time

Finnish: UTC (fi)

Proper noun

Zulu

An African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.
Synonym: isiZulu

Translations

African ethnic group

Afrikaans: Zoeloe (af)
Catalan: zulu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祖魯族人, 祖鲁族人 (Zǔlǔ zúrén)
Dutch: Zoeloes (nl) pl
Finnish: zulut pl

French: Zoulous (fr) m pl
Galician: zulú (gl)
German: Zulu (de) m pl, Zulus (de) m pl
Italian: zulù (it) m, f
Portuguese: zulu (pt)
Zulu: amaZulu class 6

language

Afrikaans: Zoeloe (af)
Armenian: զուլու (zulu), զուլուերեն (zulueren)
Catalan: zulu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祖魯語, 祖鲁语 (Zǔlǔyǔ)
Dutch: Zoeloe (nl) n
Faroese: sulu n
Finnish: zulu (fi)
French: zoulou (fr) m
Galician: zulú (gl)

German: Zulu (de) n, Zulusprache f, Zuluisch n, isiZulu (de) n
Italian: zulù (it) m
Japanese: ズールー語 (ja) (Zūrū-go)
Navajo: Zulu Dineʼé bizaad
Polish: zulu (pl) n
Portuguese: zulu (pt)
Russian: зу́лу (ru) m (zúlu), зулу́сский (ru) m (zulússkij)
Swahili: Kizulu
Swedish: zulu (sv) c
Zulu: isiZulu class 7

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Translations to be checked

Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} ઝૂલૂ (jhūlū)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} ज़ूलू (zūlū)

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} Zulu

Chichewa

Etymology

From Ngoni; compare Zulu umZulu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzú.ɽu/

Proper noun

Zúlu

A surname.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zulu was the 4th most common surname in Zambia (212 468 persons = 1.4 percent of the population) and the 53rd most common surname in Malawi (23227 persons = 0.1 percent of the population).

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzulu/
Audio (file)
Homophone: Zoeloe

Noun

Zulu ? (plural Zulu's)

(law enforcement, slang) police helicopter
Synonym: politiehelikopter

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